IDENTIFICATION OF BEAUVERIA-BASSIANA EXTRACELLULAR PROTEASE AS A VIRULENCE FACTOR IN PATHOGENICITY TOWARD THE MIGRATORY GRASSHOPPER, MELANOPLUS-SANGUINIPES
IDENTIFICATION OF BEAUVERIA-BASSIANA EXTRACELLULAR PROTEASE AS A VIRULENCE FACTOR IN PATHOGENICITY TOWARD THE MIGRATORY GRASSHOPPER, MELANOPLUS-SANGUINIPES
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2011(90)90123-n
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发表时间:
1990-11-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
KHACHATOURIANS, GG
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作者:
BIDOCHKA, MJ;KHACHATOURIANS, GG
Beauveria bassiana extracellular protease was shown to hydrolyze protein in cuticle of the migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes. Protease-proficient and protease-deficient strains of B. bassiana were assessed for production of extracellular protease in liquid culture and their virulence, as measured by LT50, toward M. sanguinipes. A uv irradiation-derived protease-proficient strains when grown in 1% (w/v) gelatin liquid medium or 1% (w/v) ground M. sanguinipes cuticle liquid medium. The protease-proficient strains showed the lowest LT50 (5.71-6.80 days) against the migratory grasshopper, while the protease-deficient strain had the highest LT50 (11.34 days). There was a negative relationship between protease production after 2 days of growth in liquid culture by the various strains and their associated LT50. We conclude that, in this study, protease production by the B. bassiana protease-deficient strain was low enough so that it extended the time course of pathogenesis toward M. sanguinipes.